Image: Space station computer
NASA
stuxnet

No, Stuxnet did not infect the International Space Station

Rover
NASA / JPL / MSSS / Marco Di Lorenzo / Ken Kremer
Curiosity

Mars Curiosity rover bounces back from software glitch

Lights
Chad Blakley (lightsoverlapland.com)
Northern lights

Stunning dance of northern lights over Sweden captured

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Image: Chris Hadfield
Sergei Remezov / EPA
Cosmic Log

Astronaut Chris Hadfield airs his dirty laundry on late-night TV

Encke
NASA
Comet Encke

'Old Faithful' Comet Encke coming back again this month

Image: Cassini view of Saturn
NASA / JPL-Caltech / SSI
Cosmic Log

Planets galore! Cassini probe's big picture shows Saturn and more

Earth
NASA / JPL-Caltech
Earth formation

A cataclysmic impact -- then Earth was a lifeless magma ocean

Image: Martian iguana
NASA / JPL-Caltech / MSSS
Cosmic Log

Feast your eyes on a fake Martian iguana — and a brand-new panorama

Sun
NASA
Sun's magnetic field

It's almost time for the sun's magnetic field to do a flip

ISON
NASA / MSFC / Aaron Kingery
Comet ISON

Got a good pair of binoculars? Incoming Comet ISON's visible now

Hadfield2
Bahar Gholipour for Space.com
Chris Hadfield

Astronaut Chris Hadfield shares life lessons learned in space

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Mars
University of Washington, MSNW
Mars

To Mars and back quickly: Improved propulsion technology in works

Image: GOCE
ESA / AOES Medialab
Cosmic Log

GOCE satellite falls to its fiery doom in South Atlantic Ocean, experts say

Image: Yurchikhin and torch
Shamil Zhumatov / EPA
iss

Space station trio brings Olympic torch back down to Earth

epa03942629 Russian cosmonaut Oleg Kotov is seen on a giant screen at the Mission Control Center in Korolyov as he holds the Sochi 2014 Olympic Torch ...
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Space

Cosmonauts take Sochi Olympic torch on spacewalk

Image: Bransons
NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images
Cosmic Log

First family of space: Richard Branson and kids will blaze new trail

Olympics
NASA TV via AP
International Space Station

Let the Games begin! Space station astronauts run own Olympic torch relay

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Venus
Victor Rogus
Venus

Bright planet Venus, like the moon, is just going through a phase

GOCE
ESA / AOES Medialab
GOCE satellite

Scientists expect GOCE satellite to crash to Earth in just days

Comet
Bruce Gary
Comet ISON

Things are looking up for Comet ISON: It's brightening at last

Warming
Simon Swordy / University of Chicago, NASA
Global warming

Cosmic rays again ruled out as cause of global warming

Image: Richard Branson
Adrian Dennis / AFP / Getty Images
Cosmic Log

NBC to air Virgin Galactic founder Richard Branson's trek to space

Haiyan
NASA Goddard MODIS Rapid Response Team
Super Typhoon Haiyan

NASA keeps an eye on ferocious Super Typhoon Haiyan from space

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Moon
Science / AAAS
Moon craters

Moon surprise: Lunar craters are bigger on near side

Image: Comsteroid
D. Jewitt / UCLA / NASA / ESA
Cosmic Log

Six-tailed comet or self-destructing asteroid? It's a comsteroid!

Comet
Scott Ferguson
Comet ISON

Whoa! Check out Comet ISON as it soars past distant galaxies

Image: Fireball
NBC News
meteors

Fireball wows skywatchers in Southern California

Image: Soyuz launch
Kirill Kudryatsev / AFP - Getty Images
Olympic torch

Olympic torch and space trio go into orbit atop Russian rocket

Image: Maven preparation
NASA
Cosmic Log

Maven's mysteries: An inside look at NASA's next Mars mission

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Flare
NASA / SDO
Solar flare

Sun fires off its most powerful solar flare of the year

Image: Meteor flash
A. Ivanov / Popova et al. / Science
Cosmic Log

Russian meteor's terrifying trek detailed in new studies

Kepler
NASA
Kepler spacecraft

Hobbled Kepler planet-hunting spacecraft may not be done yet

ATV
ESA / NASA
ATV-4

Astronauts look on as space station cargo ship dies a fiery death

Image: Lady Gaga
Julian Parker / Getty Images
Music

Lady Gaga to become first artist to sing in space

Soyuz
NASA / Bill Ingalls
International Space Station

Russia fired up about Olympic torch 'stunt' on crowded space station

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Burial
Elysium Space
Space burial

Launch your loved one into heaven -- or at least their ashes

Skywatch
Mike Hankey
Skywatching

November's night skies full of must-see events

ISS
NASA TV
International Space Station

Space station crew does some rearranging before crowd shows up

epa03936557 The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM) Spacecraft, also called Mangalyaan's Mars Orbiter Spacecraft, bla...
Jagadeesh NV / EPA
Mars Orbiter

India blasts off in race to Mars with low-cost space mission

Kepler
AP Photo/ NASA / Ames / JPL-Caltech
Earth-size planets

8.8 billion habitable Earth-size planets exist in Milky Way alone

Image: SpaceShipTwob
MarsScientific.com / Clay Center Obs.
Cosmic Log

Virgin Galactic gears up for SpaceShipTwo's next blastoff